Sasieni "Putney" Restoration

[ssjones]

Took a gamble on this one, but was happy to discover it was a Patent era pipe, completely with original stinger. Dave confirmed my date estimate of the late 20's to pre-WWII

The stinger was a PITA to remove, but I did get it out without any damage.

I suppose the gouges in the briar could be refilled, but I didn't want to risk not matching the original finish.

My 10th year as a pipe smoker was Friday, I was so busy with work it came and went. But, I enjoyed this one out on the patio last night.

Full details here:

Sasieni “Putney” Restoration

By Al Jones Last week marked my 10th anniversary as a pipe smoker and I’ve been restoring pipes for nearly that long. So this wonderful Patent era Sasieni was a great way to mark that date. …

rebornpipes.com

 

[ssjones]

Finished

 

[greeneyes]

Not bad at all for the price you paid. I was following that auction as well but so many great pipes have been making appearances online you really have to pick and choose your 'battles' these days.

 

[SpookedPiper]

Nice find! She looks like a sweet little smoker. You did a great job with the stem!! Congrats and enjoy!

 

[danimalia]

Delightful pipe with such a cool look to it!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Nice Job

 

[cshubhra]

Very nice pipe! Impressive work as always!

 

[philobeddoe]

Nice restoration work, I can’t believe that you remember the actual day you smoked a pipe for the first time. Best I can recall is that my first pipe was in the summer of 1991.

 

[mikethompson]

Are we one day going to click on one of Al's restoration threads and say 'boy, he really messed up this one'? I don't think so.

That's a cool old pipe that you did a respectful job of cleaning up Al. Very nice, as always.

 

[ssjones]

Nice restoration work, I can’t believe that you remember the actual day you smoked a pipe for the first time. Best I can recall is that my first pipe was in the summer of 1991.

Well, May 1st is when I bought the pipe, I suppose a few days later was when I smoked it. (I save to PDF all of my pipe purchases and log it into a spreadsheet....that's grown quite scary to view)

 

[Scottishgaucho]

Must admit I'm not a fan of restoring an old pipe to make it look like brand new so I think you done enough. It looks great. ?

 

[ssjones]

Must admit I'm not a fan of restoring an old pipe to make it look like brand new so I think you done enough. It looks great. ?

Thanks, like old cars and motorcycles, you can definitely over-restore them.

 

[davidintexas]

What a great pipe to celebrate 10 years Al. Congrats!

 

[greeneyes]

Beautiful pipe. Rotating out of the collection, I see. ?

 

[ssjones]

Beautiful pipe. Rotating out of the collection, I see. ?

Fishing expedition. I decided that I could use a new bicycle...